Speaker

Dr. Jeffrey Zaltzman graduated with his undergraduate degree and MD from McGill University. He completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Manitoba, in addition to Nephrology and Transplant training at the University of Toronto, where he also received an MSc in Clinical Epidemiology. Dr. Zaltzman joined the Division of Nephrology at St. Michael’s Hospital in 1993, where he played an active role in the resurgence of the kidney transplant program. In 2000, he was appointed as the Director of the Renal Transplant Program. Dr. Zaltzman has also served as the Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program at St. Michael’s Hospital and has also been involved in research ethics. He served as the Chair of the Research Ethics Board (REB) from 2000-2002. He continues to serve as Educational Director of Nephrology at St. Michael’s Hospital. He is the Medical Director of the Diabetes Comprehensive Care Program, in addition to the Chief Medical Officer, Transplant of Trillium Gift of Life. He was actively involved with the Kidney Foundation of Canada at both the provincial and national levels. His research interests are in chronic allograft nephropathy, cardiovascular issues, and renal function in transplantation and transplant ethics. He has over 80 peer-reviewed publications. He will be presenting his talk on Day 2 of ICON 2022 on “Kidney transplant against ABO incompatibility current protocols and outcome.”